Harold Kwan is the Founder and Managing Director/Principal Consultant of HRM3 Asia Pte Ltd. Prior to starting up his consulting practice, he was with an international consulting firm, Right Management Consultants as Director and Senior Consultant after gaining over 20 years of senior management experience in management services, manufacturing and human resources in the Asia Pacific region with the FMCG, travel, manufacturing, engineering and consulting industries. His international assignments with multinational corporations has helped him gain valuable practical lessons working with locals, Asians and expatriates from several countries in Asia, Europe and the United States.

Over the last 20 years, Harold has recruited over 300 senior executives for companies from diverse industry, assisted over 500 executives in outplacement and executive coaching programs, customized and facilitated over 100 of strategic planning, strategic leadership development, change transition, conflict resolution and team development management programs, trained over 3,000 human resource practitioners and presented over 30 papers relating to strategic human resource management areas in various local and regional conferences.

Some industries he has worked with include the IT, Telecommunications, Banking & Finance, Insurance, Health Service Providers, Petrochemical, Consumer, Public & Education, Electronics and Manufacturing Sectors. Clients have given very positive feedback and references on the quality and customized services provided by Harold and his Team.

A sought-after speaker, he has presented numerous papers on diverse human resource management topics to local and regional students, HR professionals and senior executives from the public and private sectors. Harold's views on career management, executive coaching, organization transition, outplacement and human resource management topics are often sought after by the media and he has been invited to appear on television as well.

Graduated in BBA from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and later obtained a MSc. in HRM from Rutgers University, New Jersey, Harold is also a certified practitioner for the 360° Feedback, Personal Direction Analysis (PDA) and Strategic Leadership Development (SLD) instruments and behavioral consultant for the Birkman, DISC and MBTI systems. He has served as e-Career Counselor for the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), External Examiner for Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Part-Time Lecturer for graduate diploma programs in human resource management topics with the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), the Singapore Institute of Materials Management (SIMM) and the MBA program with the Curtin University in Australia. Besides, he has also served as Reviewer of HRM books for publishers, on a Panel of Judges for HRM Awards, as Membership Chairman of the Asian Association of Career Management Professionals (AACMP), Treasurer of the Singapore Training and Development Association (STADA), Panel of Interviewers for the RMIT degree program, Chairman of a company-wide Quality Vision Steering Committee and Chairman of a Manpower Committee representing over 40 employers with over 50,000 employees.